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Oprah's "OWN" appears to be turning the corner, with breakout shows and profitability headed their way.
- May 11, 2012
- By David Allen Ibsen
- hollywood
- hirings and firings
- television
- celebrity
Starting an entire television network is a big deal. There are issues around distribution and viewership (which can be inextricably tied), and the idea of running programming 24 hours a day is ...
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Oscar's House: Academy Awards to stay put in Hollywood, at the renamed Dolby Theatre.
- May 01, 2012
- By David Allen Ibsen
- hollywood
- film
- hirings and firings
- television
Squashing rumors that the Oscars were headed out of Hollywood to L.A. Live’s Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have announced that ...
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PRO-PORTRAIT: Hollywood Costume Design is a Good Fit for Daniel Orlandi
- April 29, 2012
- By David Allen Ibsen
- design
- innovators
- disruptors
- television
- hollywood
Daniel Orlandi gets to time-travel as a psychologist and anthropoligist—to the Alamo, the Depression, and to the Doris Day and Rock Hudson world of the 1960’s. He gets to "Meet ...
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Current TV to broadcast “The Gavin Newsom Show”
- April 21, 2012
- By David Allen Ibsen
- hollywood
- hirings and firings
- television
- celebrity
Current TV, co-founded by politico Al Gore, is hiring the lieutenant governor of California to host a cable TV show. “The Gavin Newsom Show” will be shown weekly starting in May. Newsom ...
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"Martha Stewart's Cooking School" headed to PBS
- April 20, 2012
- By David Allen Ibsen
- food
- hirings and firings
- marketing
- television
Martha Stewart is introducing a new 30-minute program titled "Martha Stewart's Cooking School," which will air this fall on PBS. Stewart currently hosts a daily talk show for the Hallmark Channel ...
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INFOGRAPHIC: "The Death of the DVD"
- April 20, 2012
- trends
- hollywood
- hirings and firings
- television
Netflix lost 2.76 million DVD subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2011, as more and more of the service's customers shifted to streaming-only packages. But even if the iconic red ...
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Just because it's catchy doesn't mean it's good... I hate Glee.
- April 12, 2012
- By Rocky McGredy
- music
- television
- hollywood
I hate Glee. Seriously, from the moment that show was even announced I knew this was going to be a problem. If I can recall, the original promo for the show had ...
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Can Oprah OWN the cable airwaves?
- April 05, 2012
- By David Allen Ibsen
- television
- celebrity
- advertising
Oprah Winfrey is standing before advertisers in New York City today, pitching advertisers on the value of her Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) which she launched last year. Launching an entire network is ...
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Bravo TV to create reality show "Silicon Valley" with Randi Zuckerberg
- April 04, 2012
- By David Allen Ibsen
- television
- technology
The cable television network known for "The Real Housewives of..." series, along with Top Chef, and the Shahs of Sunset is teaming up with Randi Zuckerberg, sister of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ...
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Mad Men Predictions from the Original Mad Men, PART TWO
- March 29, 2012
- By Alison Bing
- television
- mad men
- advertising
This is the second of a two-part series from author Alison Bing. To keep Mad Men the series true to agency life circa 1966, advertising legends Jerry Gibbons and Bob Pritikin anticipate ...
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